Knowledge and skills:

During Year 3 & Year 4 the children learn to:

• sing a tune with expression;

• play clear notes on instruments;

• use different elements on my composition;

• create repeated patterns with different instruments;

• compose melodies and songs;

• create accompaniments for tunes;

• combine different sounds to create a specific mood or feeling;

• use musical words to describe a piece of music and compositions;

• use musical words to describe what they like and do not like about a piece of music;

• recognise the work of at least one famous composer;

• improve their work, explaining how it has been improved.

• perform a simple part rhythmically;
• sing songs from memory with accurate pitch;
• improvise using repeated patterns;
• use notation to record and interpret sequences of pitches;
• use notation to record compositions in a small group or on their own;
• explain why silence is often needed in music and explain what effect it has;
• identify the character in a piece of music;
• identify and describe the different purposes of music;
• begin to identify the style of work of Beethoven, Mozart and Elgar.